Alban\'s Elford Turbo Project

[grinder]

Alban seemed to stop posting around the end of this thread in 2007. I never did find out what happened to him and this car.

i was thinking that aswell - he just seemed to disappear of the face of the earth

[rei99]

He went in panic after the dyno day? :p
Joke, I hope all fine otherwise to him

[alban1973]

I\'m still here. The car still taxed and tested and on the road,  little use in the last year or so due to and life changing circumstances when last august my child was born at only 26 weeks and 1 Ib 2oz. She is still in hospital now and quite ill, so not really had time for the car.   It will be up for sale when the MOT is renewed mid this month,  I did tax it last week again.  Maybe it can stay in the club and bargin for someone due to all the work carried out... take care folks..

[A R]

Sorry about your baby being ill, hope she is better soon.

[Prof]

Hope your little one is getting better.

[shaunwil]

Hope things get better for you. Sorry to hear your having such serious things going on.

Shaun

[mpk490p]

thoughts with you for the little one, my friends had a very early birth and there daughter was in hospital for 9 months, glad t say they pulled through it all even when some days were very bad.
Mark

[grinder]

Hiya Alan,

sorry to hear about your little one being ill - i didnt realise you ( partner ) was pregnant

glad to hear that you are still OK though

take care

Stu

[David Nock (RIP)]

Same from me Alan. Take care and all the best. David.

[rei99]

Hi Alban, be strong.
All the best from Italy.

[daverey]

Take care Alan, my thoughts are with you.

[alban1973]

We had some good weather last week so I spent a few afternoons recommisioning the car as it has been stood for a while, the car now has got a full MOT today with no problems. so the sad day has come when we have to part company. It has just over 5 months tax, loads of fuel and as you will see from this thread all the work that has been done and ££££\'s spent. The car is now on sale, I will hope you can spread the word and if I dont get any interest towards the end of the week it will go on ebay and sell to the highest bidder.  I will list the bad and or annoying bits,  I had the front bumper repaired and painted + a replacement drivers front wing, the guy who mixed the paint must have been blind, it is a slightly different shade of gold, very annoying. I have some elford side skirts which were painted at the same time, but have not fitted them.  The bonnet has a scratch and chipped paint on the leading edge, the drivers rear wheel arch is bubbled under the paint, it is fine and solid on the underside. the doors are the same as when I got the car 3 years ago with a funny crack by the door mirror.   The running issues with the car I think I have traced to fueling issues, I have put a different fuel pump on the car this week but I think that is not man enough for the job either, if you use half throttle it really moves, if full throttle it is flat.   as you will read in the thread, I have put an uprated soundsystem in the car which while not blowing your ears off it does sound very nice, it has a tape and 12 stack cd changer in the back with the amps neatly fitted to the rear seats.  I have spent a fortune on the suspension with spax lowered springs, gas adjust shockers, every single super flex suspension bushes replaces with all new nuts and bolts,,  all costing over £400, 4 excellent new tyres with now an average 6.5mm tread, The engine was replaced 18 months ago for a good second hand unit, it starts fine hot and cold. I do have 1 spare engine which does have slightly better compression I would say and 2 stripped engines, there are loads of other bits including full elford body kit and spare elford front bumper, these are all blue apart from the side skirts mentioned earlier.  the car starts drives and stops perfectly in a straight line, and is a joy to drive. the mileage is now 74269 miles. the underbody is excellent, there are a few minor repairs around the steering box and idler mount and a couple other very old repairs, It has always been kept clean and painted..    thats all I can say, cant put any photos on.   I would like it to stay in the club if possible so as mentioned before if i dont get any interest here it will be on ebay by the end of the week.............

[mpk490p]

send me some updated photos and i will post them for you:Thumbsup!
mpk490p@hotmail.com

[arrouk]

alan i dont think i have your email adress any more but i might be interested in this, my email addy is arrouk@ntlworld.com.

matt

[alban1973]

Car now sadly on ebay....